LYMPH rOBM \ I 121 



to the amounl <>i salt in the diet, A 



w ater usually 



a result of giving salt, the bodj - • • i *_r 1 1 1 may ii c 



kilograms 10 to 15 pounds within a <\ 



ance of puffines 



The cause of the edema during sail retention is no -i'-wlit clo 

 lated to the action "t" lymphagogues. In a normal person 



tion of salt is immediately followed bj excretion of th< 

 the kidney. Where the kidneys are diseased, ; i 

 tained in the blood, raising its osmotic pr< and i 



from the tissue fluids. This leads I the imbil 



being used to replace thai lo I im the But all ti 



lymphagogues do not, when presenl in i in the M I 



patients, necessarily cause edema ; un 



considerably withoul any such effect. The different action ally 



attributed to inequality in the diffusibility of the tv italloid 



animal membranes, Bodium chloride diffusing much 



area. 



It is liinst important to note thai the fluid in edema 

 tissues and cin be drained away !>y the insertion <>f tubes Th< 



absolutely no evidence in Bupporl of the claim o Fiscl 



edema is due t<» imbibition of water \>\ the « •« »1 1 « ■ i < 1 -- "t' tl l 



question has been fully dis 



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M • ogi aphs 



'Howell, u . II ; 



•star! ii.: Human Phya 



Row< . \ ii \,rcb. Int. Med., 191 i 

 iWillianu 



Tower and Herm: 

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rfintler, G rt. .i..»ir. lied., 191! 



MImw.I1, \\ . !: 



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1 1. 

 ad MendcnhaJI 



• II. .«. II, \\. ll 



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